Screen time advice
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Grace! You are pregnant and working. A child well loved will turn out well. You are a great mom. Life is hardly ever ideal.
I’m in a similar boat! I’m pregnant, it’s been a rough pregnancy with sickness, and the winter feels exceptionally cold for some reason. She occasionally asks, but usually I just say we can watch it later. My daughter does sometimes get upset when it’s time to turn it off, but usually only if she is tired. I keep reminding myself it’s a season, baby will be here in the spring, I won’t be sick anymore, the weather will be nicer, and we will spend so much more time outside when it’s warm and I have more energy 😂 Plus my daughter is so active, so as long as we get outside at least once or twice, maybe run an errand, do chores together, color and craft or bake, etc, I try to let it go and not feel too much mom guilt :( But I agree with Melissa, it’s ok to ask, but I’m not always going to say yes! Another thing we sometimes do is I’ll play the show on my phone but I don’t give it to her, we just listen to it! That’s helpful because I feel like it’s helping her with her listening and imagine
I just say enough or after nap or tomorrow. Then redirect and move on.
Our tv is always on 🤷♀️ we are rarely home and it is on during the evenings. She doesn’t usually watch too much but if I notice she does I will change it music or trampoline dance along videos to get her moving.
Same thing here! Makes me sad when she keeps asking for “show” but I get her started on some toy or puzzle and she forgets about it. Just like you we do 2 “shows” max. I’m thinking of starting/doing a toy rotation so she never get bored of her toys and adding some more learning toys. I also give her access to books and swap books out at the local library each week to keep her interested
Oh and a note… my father in law came to live with us and just to make sure the tv wouldn’t be on all the time and we could control it we purposefully never set up our cable 😆 and he doesn’t know how to use to smart tv so we just use it for our daughter or ourselves at night. 🙃 I feel diabolical haha but it’s the only way we could insure the tv wouldn’t be on and her glued to it all day
Same in my house. We also don't do more than 1 hour a day and many times less than that, and she will still ask when she remembers. I just say "all done," which is what she understands to mean no more. I then get some colors or book, etc. to distract her. Other times, I do chores or go to the kitchen, and she moves on. In my view, it's fair to ask, and as long as she doesn't throw tantrums for it, I am good lol